The San Diego Fire Rescue department's Metro Arson Strike Team (MAST)  is still investigating the fires' causes and notes someone starting one for warmth or to cook is not necessarily criminal.
The “Gilman fire,” aided by Santa Ana winds, was reported around 2:30 p.m. Jan. 23 near Gilman Drive and Via Alicante, drawing a response from about 175 firefighters, San Diego Fire-Rescue Department ...
San Diego Fire-Rescue confirms the Friars Road fire, Gilman Street Fire and Center Fire all originated in homeless ...
Three fires that broke out in San Diego last week started from homeless encampments, the San Diego Metro Arson Strike Team ...